Festive Parrot (Birds of Brazil)

Festive Parrot

Amazona festiva

Summary ⁸

The Festive Amazon (Amazona festiva), also known as the Festive Parrot, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. It is associated with forest (especially Várzea) and woodland growing near major rivers. Locally it is also found in coastal mangroves (primarily in Amapá). There are two subspecies; A. f. festiva and A. f. bodini.

Range description ⁹

Amazona festiva exists in two disjunct populations, each considered a separate subspecies. It is generally common throughout this range. Subspecies bodini ranges east from east Colombia (del Hoyo et al. 1997). In Venezuela's Orinoco Basin it is common but very local, being notably encountered at Delta Amacuro, north-east of Tucupita, at Hato los Indios in Apure state, and at Caurama Lodge in BolÃvar (del Hoyo et al. 1997, Hilty 2003). It was formerly very common along the Orinoco (Hilty 2003). This subspecies is also sporadically recorded in north-west Guyana (del Hoyo et al. 1997). The nominate subspecies festiva is local in east Ecuador, and ranges from there, south-east Colombia and east Peru through the Amazon Basin to west ParÃ¡ in north-central Brazil (del Hoyo et al. 1997, Restall et al. 2006).